The Silent Monitor

Elodie Caron is fine. She has a scholarship, an internship lined up, and a sleep schedule that mostly works. Then she signs up for a paid study on loneliness and meets the man behind the glass. Rhoan Mercer watches. He takes notes. He remembers things she has never told anyone, and he says them back so gently she almost does not realise it is a trap. She is a psychology student. She knows the ethics. She keeps coming back anyway. When she finds the file room, she learns this study has been running for years — and she is not the first girl who needed to be seen. She is only the first one who got out.